Family life is a bit like a runny peach pie - not perfect but who's complaining? Robert Brault

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Welcoming Summer 2012

I'm having a hard time believing that Isabelle is graduating from kindergarten in less than a week! What? Where did the time go? I'm not going to lie to you, it was a rough start. What can I say, the girl has my genes, and we don't always do well with change. Note to future Isabelle, from your mom, who's been there and done that: It get's easier, baby. We get better with change the older we get.

Now that that's out of the way, we are looking forward to a footloose and fancy free summer. No school, no ballet, no home group. No real committments. And my children are young so I am raging against the machine that tells me they have to be scheduled into every little activity that comes around. I can see the benefits for some kids at some point. But we are just not there yet. I want them to be able to run and play and be care free for a bit longer. Thier daytimer days will come soon enough!

So, in order to maximize the summer fun, I've put together another list of fun things for us to do this summer. MOST of them are free, and we probably won't hit all of them, but making a list, forces me to look up the info, schedule it in and that way, if we are free and feelin' it, we can make a fun outing out of it.

Go to the pool

Do sprinkler Drive Thru Bike Wash

Bonfire/Marshmellow Roast

Weekend at Lake Erie/Mini Staycation

Go Fishing

Go to Outdoor Movie

Go to Drive In

Watch Fireworks

Creekside Paddle Boasts

Make Sandcastle

Go to Big Splash

Go to Farmers Market

Fountains at Easton

Go to Parade

Ride Carosel at Columbus Commons

Take kids to eat at Food Truck

Find an ice cream truck

Pick strawberries/blackberries/raspberries

Go to Columbus Metro Parks Activity

Go to kids activity at Homestead Park

Paint with Pudding

Do Library Reading Club

Go on a family picnic

Go to Cosi

Go to Zoo

Catch fireflies to use at nightlights

Ohio Craft Museum

Columbus Latin Festival

Arts in the Alley

Star Gazing

Go caving in Hocking Hills - another staycation

Go to the Works Children's Museum

Go o the Wilds

Easton Lego store free activity morning

Surla Table children's cooking class

Free movie morning at local cinema

Children's Theatre-Sleeping Beauty

Mini Golf

Play in fountains at Scioto Mile

Shew...how many weeks do we have in summer? What did I say about being non schedul-y this summer? Well, I guess I also want to create memories and keep the crazy to a minimum...so the flip side to that coin is just say no to boredom, television watching, and fighting sisters!

3 comments:

Danielle, i am so glad you guys are letting the girls just run and play this summer ,and spending as much time with them as you can ,this time does go so fast,i am looking forward to spending some time with them in a couple of wks.they are two of the most precious little girls ever ,i love them so much,looking forward to seeing all of you this wk.end,love granny

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We are a family of four: Conrad, Danielle, Isabelle, and Grace. We keep this blog to keep our family and friends, many of whom live on the other side of the world, updated on the beautiful everyday-ness of our lives. We love God, we love each other, and we love our girls. We feel wildly blessed to have been entrusted with them, and just slightly overwhelmed with the task of raising them to follow the Father. We hope you enjoy reading about our journey.